Heather Ivery, Keeping Jackson Beautiful
Heather Ivory has lived in West Jackson for 20 years and she is a life long Jackson/Hinds County resident. She graduated from Belhaven University and worked at Stewpot for [...]
Neighborhoods
CUBD Awarded $496,000 Grant for Mt. Olive Cemetery
By LaToya Hentz-Moore JSU Newsroom Recently, the National Park Service (NPS) awarded Jackson State a grant for the amount of $496,023 to preserve the historic Mt. Olive [...]
WMPR Leading the Way for Over 40 Years
WMPR 90.1 Radio Station is an African American owned business and operated by Mr. James Charles Evers (brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers) and Ms. Wanda [...]
Building Bridges the Way Forward, Fran Bridges
Fran Bridges also known as Dr. May Francis Bridges is a servant leader in West Jackson. Bridges has been able to cultivate and forge partnerships between community service [...]
Free COVID-19 Testing at JSU, Saturday
Jackson State University’s Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center, 1400 John R. Lynch Street, is among two locations that will host a one-day, drive-through [...]
West Jackson CDC Gets Youth Build Grant, Accepting Applications
West Jackson Community Development Corporation (West Jackson CDC) received $1,500,000.00 award from the U. S. Department of Labor for a Youthbuild program beginning January [...]
Boys and Girls Club Give Back to Community, Photo Essay
Over the past couple of weeks, the Boys and Girls Club of Central Mississippi has been giving back in a big way by giving out food to children. They have had several [...]
MS Legislative Black Caucus Digital Discussion, Thursday
The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus will hold a digital discussion THIS THURSDAY at 2 p.m. about COVID-19 and how it affects you. They are looking to provide local [...]
One Voice Hosts Tele-Town Hall, Thursday
While the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact our communities, we know that news about the spread of the coronavirus is alarming and often-times confusing. One Voice and [...]
Boys and Girls Clubs Serve Meals to Youth, Daily
On Monday, March 16, 2020, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi made the difficult decision to close all 4 Club locations. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Boys & [...]
